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Thank you for your advise. We did book directly with Holland America as we always do and and we have paid extra to change staterooms before and never had to pay cancel fees. I will call Holland America in the morning to ask about this fee.

My DH and I just moved from an obstructed oceanview to a non obstructed oceanview and paid the difference between the two staterooms (this was not an upsell offer). We have noticed that on our billing notice at the bottom it says that we owe 59.60 canadian cancel fees. Does anyone know please what this charge is for. Thank you.

I wondered if close to sailing date does the cruise line assign the staterooms to those who have taken a guarantee stateroom, ie HH or VH first or do they offer upsell offers first? Thank you for your advise.

We have taken 10 cruises with HAL and always had a stateroom mid ship or close to the stern and we have noticed a very small amount of salt on the teak railing but nothing that bothered us at all. Our stateroom VF 4007 was on a 7 day western carribean (we scuba dive) and the salt covered all the furniture, floor and cushions on the seats. We had hoped to dry our wetsuits etc on the balcony but it was so salty that this was not possible. If you did not notice a problem with salt on the balcony in 4043 then we should be just fine in 4039. Your help is much appreciated.

My DH and I were in stateroom 4007 on the Nieuw Amsterdam and there was salt covering the balcony and the furniture. We wondered if stateroom 4039 on the Eurodam would also have a problem with salt spray or if we would be far enough from the bow of the ship. Thank you very much for your help with this.

Thank you for all of the help. We are going to spend a night in London prior to flying to Barcelona. Thanks again.

We will look at Gatwick connects and think about this. Thank you very much.

My DH and I will be flying from Toronto to London Gatwick airport in November and would like to take a flight to Lisbon and then onto to Funchal Medeira the same day. Our flight from Toronto To London Gatwick with West Jet will arrive at 9:10 am and the flight to Lisbon on TAP Portugal will depart at 10:40 am. Is this very risky or will their be enough time to catch the TAP flight at 10:40 am. Thank you for all your advise.

We will email HAL. Thank you for the advise.

We mean to get on the ship in Funchal Medeira rather than Barcelona.

My DH and I cannot complete our full cruise and would like to embark at a port other than the scheduled first port. We hope that this will be possible and if so, whom do we contact at Holland America? Thank you for your help.

Thank you very much MeHeartCrusing and EnricM. We will take a cab to the cruise port and we now know what we are doing, thanks to all your most helpful information.

My DH and I will be arriving at 10:30 am in Barcelona November 2016 and would like to take a taxi to the cruise port. Will they be readily available, what is the travel time and cost for the trip? Thank you so much for your help.

That is good news. We will have fun dancing. Thank you.

How very disappointing. My DH and I have just finished ballroom dance classes, the waltz, rhumba, swing, samba, tango, foxtrot, cha cha and how much fun we had. We were on the Nieuw Amsterdam in January and there was a wonderful band for ballroom dancing in the Ocean Bar. We have booked the transatlantic on the eurodam and were so looking forward to dancing our way across the atlantic. Thank you for the information.

My DH and I enjoy ballroom dancing and we were wondering if there would be a live band to dance to, in the Ocean Bar on the Eurodam. Thank you for your help.

Thank you very much. We scuba dive and will need somewhere to hang our wet clothing and equipment.

My DH and I were looking at a carribean cruise on the Silhouette and wondered if the interior staterooms have a shower only or a shower with a bathtub. Thank you for your help!

I was in 4127 on Eurodam last year. I don't have a picture but what the other poster said about cabin 4130 pics are correct. I was VERY SATISFIED with my view. Yes, there's an obstruction but I felt I had a very decent view. The obstructed cabins have floor to ceiling windows unlike regular outside cabins so that even enhances the view.

 

I was so satisfied that I have Cabin 4130 on Eurodam on a Greek Isles cruise next month.

We have booked stateroom 4127 on the Eurodam. Thank you.

There are photos from Eurodam 4130 posted on a website for HAL facts, but I'm not allowed to post the link, you'll have to google it up. 4130 is the port side equal to 4127, starboard side, both listed as fully obstructed but the photo shows a bit of view. m--

Thank you very much. We have found the photo's which are very helpful.

My DH and I have tentatively booked an obstructed oceanview stateroom on deck 4, the upper promenade deck (4127) next to the first verandah stateroom. Is there much of a view between the end of the lifeboat and the solid metal balcony wall of the adjacent verandah? Does anyone have a photo of the view from this stateroom or 4130 (Eurodam or Nieuw Amsterdam).

Thankyou very much for your help!

My DH and I are avid scuba divers and are looking at an 8 day cruise with Princess going to Bonaire, Aruba and Curacao. We would like to know the name of the dive company that Princess uses in Bonaire please. thank you.

I should have mentioned that we would like a boat dive rather than a shore dive. Thank you.

My DH and I are avid scuba divers and would like to know which dive company Princess uses in Bonaire please. We are interested in a boat dive rather than a shore dive. Thank you.

My DH and I are avid scuba divers and are looking at an 8 day cruise with Princess going to Bonaire, Aruba and Curacao. We would like to know the name of the dive company that Princess uses in Bonaire please. thank you.

My DH and I are both scuba divers and are very interested in this cruise, particularly scuba diving in Bonaire. We would like to know the name of the dive company that the Princess uses in Bonaire please. Thank you.